"proposed during the preliminary design: a traditional three-shaft configuration with a centerline rudder and a hybrid propulsion system consisting of two wing shafts and an azimuth thruster in the middle for improved maneuverability. Of these, the Canadian Coast Guard selected the latter with two wing shafts and a azimuth thruster. The combined shaft power, , is almost the same as that of the Russian nuclear-powered icebreakers and . This makes ""John G. Diefenbaker"" the most powerful diesel-electric icebreaker in the world and the third most powerful non-nuclear icebreaker after the two gas turbine-powered Polar-class icebreakers operated by the United States"
"St. Laurent-class destroyer The ""St. Laurent""-class destroyer was a class of destroyer escorts that served the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s. This was the first major class of warship designed and built in Canada. They were analogous to the British Type 12 ""Whitby""-class frigate, intended for the same ASW mission and using the same machinery but used a dramatically different hull form and predominantly American equipment rather than British. There were seven ships of the class commissioned between 1955 and 1957. They were originally intended as destroyer escorts (DDE) but were"
"seven ships of the class were commissioned between 1958 and 1959. Based on the preceding design, the ""Restigouche""s had the same hull and propulsion, but different weaponry. Initially the ""St. Laurent"" class had been planned to be 14 ships. However the order was halved, and the following seven were redesigned to incorporate improvements made on the ""St. Laurent""s. As time passed, their design diverged further from that of the ""St. Laurent""s. The ships had a displacement of , at deep load. They were designed to be long with a beam of and a draught of . The ""Restigouche""s had a"
"are fibreglass. The vessels of the ""St. Laurent"" class had two Babcock & Wilcox water tube boilers installed providing , 42 (kgf/cm²) at . The steam produced by these boilers was directed at two geared steam turbines which powered two shafts, providing to drive the ship at a maximum speed of . By the early 1990s, the quoted maximum speed was only . The ships had an endurance of at . The propelling machinery was of British design. Yarrow & Co Ltd, Scotstoun, Glasgow, received an order from Canadian Vickers for the supply of a complete set of machinery for"
"""St. Laurent"" class had been planned to be 14 ships. However the order was halved, and the following seven were redesigned to take into improvements made on the ""St. Laurent""s. As time passed, their design diverged further from that of the ""St. Laurent""s. The ships had a displacement of , at deep load. They were designed to be long with a beam of and a draught of . The ""Restigouche""s had a complement of 214. The ""Restigouche""s were by powered by two English Electric geared steam turbines, each driving a propellor shaft, using steam provided by two Babcock & Wilcox"
"HMCS St. Laurent (DDH 205) HMCS ""St. Laurent"" was a that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from 1955–1974. She was the lead ship of her class, the first modern warship designed and built in Canada. ""St. Laurent"" was laid down on 24 November 1950 by Canadian Vickers at Montreal. She was launched on 30 November the following year and was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 29 October 1955 and initially carried the pennant number DDE 205 as a destroyer escort. Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent was present at her commissioning. She was"
"the ""St. Laurent"" class had been planned to be 14 ships. However the order was halved, and the following seven were redesigned to take into improvements made on the ""St. Laurent""s. As time passed, their design diverged further from that of the ""St. Laurent""s. The ships had a displacement of , at deep load. They were designed to be long with a beam of and a draught of . The ""Restigouche""s had a complement of 214. The ""Restigouche""s were by powered by two English Electric geared steam turbines, each driving a propellor shaft, using steam provided by two Babcock &"
"(4 ships completed 1962–63) and the (2 ships, completed 1964), the latter completed as helicopter carrying destroyer escorts from the onset, and not converted later as were the seven ""St. Laurent""-class ships. As built, the ships were long overall with a beam of and a draught of . The destroyer escorts displaced standard and at deep load. The destroyer escorts had a crew of 12 officers and 237 enlisted. The ""St. Laurent"" class was fitted with twin /L50 calibre guns in two mounts for engaging both surface and air targets. The guns were capable of 85° elevation and could fire"
"Kaiser-class ocean liner The Kaiser-class ocean liners or Kaiserklasse refer to four transatlantic ocean liners of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, a German shipping company. Built by the AG Vulcan Stettin between 1897 and 1907, these ships were designed to be among the largest and best appointed liners of their day. These four ships, two of whom held the prestigious Blue Riband, were known as the ""four flyers"" and all proved to be popular with wealthy transatlantic travellers. They also took great advantage of the masses of immigrants who wished to leave Europe. The first of these ""superliners"" was , unique for"
"of America, Emile Erlanger & Co., bankers from Paris, France, and J. H. Schröder & Co., bankers of Manchester. The company bought ships to run the United States' naval blockade of Southern ports. The United States Consul in Liverpool, Thomas Dudley, immediately noted the ""Denbigh"" and sent a report to the State Department which included the description: Schooner rigged, side wheel steamer ""Denbigh"" of Liverpool -- 162 tons. Captain McNevin Carriers -- Northe Dock for Bermuda & Havannah. Mose & Co. Cosignees. The following is her present description, subject to alteration: Built of Iron. Marked draft of water -- fore"
"St. Lawrence. The ""Gulfspan"" hull is unique among Canadian icebreakers in that the ship slices through sea ice, rather than using its weight to ride up onto and crushing the ice underneath. This design permits the sister ships to maintain close to regular operating speed. At the time that ""Caribou"" entered service in 1986, CN Marine underwent a restructuring whereby the company was separated from its parent CN Rail and renamed Marine Atlantic. At the same time, CN was beginning the process of abandoning all railway service on the island of Newfoundland, which had been operating as Terra Transport. Several"
"27 September 1979 to Dartmouth Salvage Co. for scrapping. ""St. Laurent"" was resold and while en route to breakers in Brownsville, Texas, she took on water in the tail end of a hurricane and foundered off Cape Hatteras on 12 January 1980. HMCS St. Laurent (DDH 205) HMCS ""St. Laurent"" was a that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from 1955–1974. She was the lead ship of her class, the first modern warship designed and built in Canada. ""St. Laurent"" was laid down on 24 November 1950 by Canadian Vickers at Montreal. She was launched"
"badge. Based on the preceding design, the ""Restigouche""-class ships had the same hull and propulsion, but different weaponry. Initially the ""St. Laurent""-class had been planned to be 14 ships. However the order was halved, and the following seven were redesigned to take into improvements made on the ""St. Laurent""-class ships. As time passed, their design diverged further from that of the ""St. Laurent""-class ships The ships had a displacement of , at deep load. They were designed to be long with a beam of and a draught of . The ""Restigouche""s had a complement of 214. The ""Restigouche""-class ships were"
"SS Saint-Laurent SS ""Saint-Laurent"" was an ocean liner operated by Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT) in transatlantic service. She was built by the Ateliers et Chantiers de Penhoët shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, and was the first transatlantic ocean liner constructed in France, as well as CGT's first screw-driven liner. Her design was based on the Cunard Line's RMS ""Persia"", albeit adapted to screw propulsion. She was launched in 1866, and entered service on CGT's route between Le Havre and New York City, before sailing to Central America later in her career. She operated until 1902, when she was scrapped in Italy."
"planned to be 14 ships. However the order was halved, and the following seven were redesigned to take into improvements made on the ""St. Laurent""s. As time passed, their design diverged further from that of the ""St. Laurent""s. The ships had a displacement of , at deep load. They were designed to be long with a beam of and a draught of . The ""Restigouche""s had a complement of 214. The ""Restigouche""s were by powered by two English Electric geared steam turbines, each driving a propellor shaft, using steam provided by two Babcock & Wilcox boilers. They generated giving the"
"The ""St. François"" was armed with 14 pieces of ordnance and the ""Lion Rouge"" with 10; both were to land four pieces at the mouth of Port Louis to prevent attack from Dutch and English vessels. The following year, 1636, Vrolicq left with five vessels. Vrolicq again sailed in the ""St. Jacques"", Harel in the ""St. François"", Oulson in the ""Lion Rouge"", Baptiste Girard in the ""Avenir"" (120 tons), and an unnamed fifth vessel. Following a Spanish raid which resulted in the sacking of St-Jean-de-Luz, Ciboure, and Socoa and the capture of fourteen French Basque whaleships in 1636, Vrolicq devoted"
"SS J. Pierpont Morgan The J. Pierpont Morgan, named after legendary banking titan J. P. Morgan, was a long American steel hulled propeller driven Great Lakes freighter that was a product of the Chicago Shipbuilding Company of Chicago, Illinois. The ""Morgan"" hauled bulk cargoes such as iron ore, coal, grain and occasionally limestone across the Great Lakes of Canada and North America. She served her whole career without any major incidents. She was the first of three identical sister ships, these were the Henry H. Rogers and the Norman B. Ream. The ""Morgan"" was launched on April 28, 1906 as"
"1951 and is often referred to as the owner of many of the Great Lakes' best 'Floating Palaces' and 'Honeymoon' ships. In its heyday, the D&C Line was among the most well-known shipping companies in business on the Great Lakes, with its vessels being among the largest and most palatial ever seen. Two of them, and the , were both built in 1923, and were known as the largest side-wheeler passenger ships in the world. Naval architect Frank E. Kirby designed many D&C ships. As ferry and cruise ships, all of the ships of D&C were a success, with various"
"later refitted and reclassed as destroyer helicopter escorts (DDH). The need for the ""St. Laurent"" class came about in 1949 when Canada joined NATO and the Cold War was in its infancy. The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) was assigned responsibility for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and controlling sea space in the western North Atlantic. Design work for a new class of destroyer escorts began in June 1949 with the original completion date slated for 1955. They were designed by Montreal naval architects German and Milne, under the direction of a senior constructor, Sir Rowland Baker, seconded from the British Director of"
"for their relatively luxurious crew compartments; these were also the first Canadian warships to have a bunk for every crew member since previous warship designs had used hammocks. As built, the ships were long overall with a beam of and a draught of . The destroyer escorts displaced standard and at deep load. The destroyer escorts had a crew of 12 officers and 237 enlisted. The ""St. Laurent"" class was fitted with twin /L50 caliber guns in two mounts for engaging both surface and air targets. The ships were also fitted with two single-mounted guns. The class's anti-submarine armament consisted"
"scrap the 21-year-old liner. On 15 April 1935, the old ""France"" departed Le Havre under her own steam to the scrappers at Dunkirk, France. SS France (1910) For the 1961 SS ""France"", see SS France was a French ocean liner which sailed for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, colloquially known as CGT or the """"French Line"""". She was later christened Versailles of the Atlantic, a reference to her décor which reflected the famous palace outside Paris. Ordered in 1908, she was introduced into the Transatlantic route in April 1912, just a week after the sinking of , and was the only"
"Naval Construction. Baker produced a design basically similar to the ""Whitby""-class (Type 12) frigate, while incorporating several ideas of his own. Different in appearance to the Type 12 design, the ship that resulted was similar in many respects. The ""St Laurent"" class were built to an operational requirement much like that which produced the British Type 12, and were powered by the same machinery plant. The rounded deck-edge forward was adopted to prevent ice forming. The vessels were designed to operate in harsh Canadian conditions. They were built to counter nuclear, biological and chemical attack conditions, which led to a"
"a stern well. The stern well had a roller top to close it off from following seas. As with the British Type 12 design, the provision for long-range homing torpedoes (in this case BIDDER [Mk 20E] or the US Mark 35 were included. However, they were never fitted. The vessels of the ""St. Laurent"" class had two Babcock & Wilcox water tube boilers installed. The steam produced by these boilers was directed at two geared steam turbines which powered two shafts, providing to drive the ship at a maximum speed of . The ships had an endurance of at ."
"their older vessels with watertight single piece hatch covers during rebuilds. Examples of ships that saw this work included the SS ""L.E. Block"", SS ""Willis B Boyer"", and the SS ""George W. Perkins"". SS Henry Steinbrenner The Great Lakes freighter SS ""Henry Steinbrenner"" was a long, wide, and deep, dry bulk freighter of typical construction style for the early 1900s, primarily designed for the iron ore, coal, and grain trades on the Great Lakes. Commissioned by the Kinsman Transit Co. of Cleveland, Ohio she was launched as hull number 14 by Jenks Ship Building Co. of Port Huron, Michigan. Her"
"trade, though he also accepted freight about his steamboats. Moving freight on steamboats had already been dying as a business for a few decades, but this extended an opportunity. Since the packet business was unprofitable, this implied that many steamboat owners were motivated sellers. John Streckfus, who had seen his custom-built ""J.S."" go up in flames, purchased a packet fleet from the Diamond Jo Line. He applied new capital raised by Streckfus Steamers to purchase of four ships. These included the Dubuque and three damaged riverboats: Sidney, a 221-foot sternwheeler; St. Paul, a 300-foot side-wheeler; and another side-wheeler, the 264-foot"
"20E] or the US Mark 35) were included. However, they were never fitted. The vessels of the ""St. Laurent"" class had two Babcock & Wilcox water tube boilers installed. The steam produced by these boilers was directed at two geared steam turbines which powered two shafts, providing to drive the ship at a maximum speed of . The ships had an endurance of at . Following successful trials aboard the frigate and sister ship , plans to convert the ""St. Laurent"" class took shape. Th development of the beartrap, installed in ""Assiniboine"" during her 1962–63 conversion, finalized the concept. By"
"Dunkirk in 1934. SS Rochambeau SS ""Rochambeau"" was a French Transatlantic ocean liner. She was named after the Count of Rochambeau, a French nobleman and soldier who participated in the American Revolutionary War. The second of a """"classe unique"""" (""unique class"") of liners commissioned by the Compagnie générale transatlantique. Entering service in 1911, she was a larger version of which had entered service in 1908. Between 1915 and 1918, she was part of a regular service between Bordeaux and New York City, the company's flagship having been requested as a hospital ship during World War I. Refitted in 1926, she"
"combat. USS Baron DeKalb (1861) USS ""Baron DeKalb"" (1861) was a gunboat constructed for the Union Navy by James B. Eads during the American Civil War. USS ""Baron DeKalb"", named after General Baron DeKalb of Hüttendorf near Erlangen, in present-day Bavaria, was originally named Saint Louis, and was one of seven City-class ironclads built at Carondelet, Missouri and Mound City, Illinois, for the Western Gunboat Flotilla. These ironclads were shallow draft with a center driven paddle wheel. They were partially armored and slow and very hard to steer in the currents of rivers. This ironclad was also vulnerable to plunging"
"these were also the first Canadian warships to have a bunk for every crew member since previous warship designs had used hammocks. As built, the ships were long overall with a beam of and a draught of . The destroyer escorts displaced standard and at deep load. The destroyer escorts had a crew of 12 officers and 237 enlisted. The ""St. Laurent"" class was fitted with twin /L50 caliber guns in two mounts for engaging both surface and air targets. The ships were also fitted with two single-mounted guns. The class's anti-submarine armament consisted of a pair of triple-barreled Mk."
"load but at full load, it increased to . In the late 1970s, under the Destroyer Life Extension (DELEX) program was commissioned to upgrade ten of the ""St. Laurent""-class ships with new electronics, machinery, and hull upgrades and repairs. However, only enough was done to keep the ships in service into the late 1980s. For the ""St. Laurent""s, this meant hull and machinery repairs only. ""Saguenay"" was laid down on 4 April 1951 by Halifax Shipyards Ltd. at Halifax, Nova Scotia and launched on 30 July 1953. The destroyer escort was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 15 December"
"their sonar. The initial design for what became known as the ""Mackenzie"" class was for an enlarged version of the ""St. Laurent"" class. Designed in 1957, they were to be heavier, longer and have engines that were stronger than those installed in the ""St. Laurent""s. They would also have improved radar and sonar installed. Instead, budget issues forced a repeat of the previous , with changes intentionally minimized. Four ships were ordered in 1957, two more in 1958. However, costs for each of the ships rose to $28 million. In 1959, the design of the final two ships of the"
"could be sealed off from contamination for the crew safety. The ships were sometimes referred to as ""Cadillacs"" for their relatively luxurious crew compartments; these were also the first Canadian warships to have a bunk for every crew member since previous warship designs had used hammocks. As built, the ships were long overall with a beam of and a draught of . The destroyer escorts displaced standard and at deep load. The destroyer escorts had a crew of 12 officers and 237 enlisted. The ""St. Laurent"" class was fitted with twin /L50 caliber guns in two mounts for engaging both"
"warships to have a bunk for every crew member since previous warship designs had used hammocks. As built, the ships were long overall with a beam of and a draught of . The destroyer escorts displaced standard and at deep load. The destroyer escorts had a crew of 12 officers and 237 enlisted. The ""St. Laurent"" class was fitted with twin /L50 caliber guns in two mounts for engaging both surface and air targets. The ships were also fitted with two single-mounted guns. The class's anti-submarine armament consisted of a pair of triple-barreled Mk. NC 10 Limbo ASW mortars in"